using only frozen sperm.Ĭopyright 2020 The Associated Press. If successful, it would be the first of its kind in the U.S. In order to minimize the number of close-quarters medical procedures conducted, zoo staff decided to skip the extraction and inseminate Mei only with thawed out semen from 2016. Normally, zookeepers would have used a combination of stored frozen sperm and fresh semen extracted from male panda Tian Tian. The procedure was conducted shortly after the entire zoo shut down on March 14. Mei was impregnated via artificial insemination, a process which was heavily affected by precautions over the COVID-19 pandemic.
From newborn Bao Bao’s hearty squeal to Xiao Qi Ji’s belly-slide in the snow, the Giant Panda Cam, sponsored by Chase, has given. All were transported to China at age 4, under terms of the zoo’s agreement with the Chinese government. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mei Xiang has successfully given birth to three cubs: Tai Shan, Bao Bao and Bei Bei. “But she has been a great mother in the past.” The Wolong Grove live cam at the Shenshuping Gengda Panda Center in Chinas Wolong Valley Nature Reserve provides views into 11 different panda yards.
“Reproductively speaking, she is an older bear,” Baker-Masson said. The oldest in the world gave birth in China at age 23. Mei, at 22, would be the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States. Another potential complication is the age of the mother.
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